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Spot the Error Mock Test - 18

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1)(A) The little boy/ (B) had been waiting for his turn/ (C) since a long time./ (D) No error

Ans- (c) Use ‘for' in place of 'since' because 'a long time' is a period of time.

2)(A) She was running/ (B) a very high fever/(C) and thus her mother takes her to the doctor./(D) No error.

Ans- (c) Change ‘thus her mother takes’ into ‘So her mother took’.

3)(A) The Secretary and Principal of the college/ (B) are attending/ (C) the District Development Council Meeting at the Collectorate./ (D) No error 

Ans- (b) Here 'the' is used only before 'secretary'. This means the same person is the secretary as well as principal. Here singular verb will be used.

4)(A) I was driving under the bridge/ (B) as a football/ (C) hit my window./ (D) No error.

Ans- (b) Change ‘as’ into ‘when’. Here the time is important.

5)(A) The teacher asked / (B) the students whether they could/ (C) tell the name of the man who had been invented steam engine. / (D) No error.

Ans- (c) Remove ‘been'. The sentence is in Active Voice. Hence “had + V3” will be used not “had + been + V3”. which is used in Passive Voice of Past Perfect Tense

6)(A) Perhaps you do not know/ (B) I am having a car and a jeep/ (C) besides a big house in a good locality./ (D) No error.

Ans- (b) Change ‘having’ into ‘have’. When ‘have’ means ‘to possess’, it does not ‘ing’ form.

7)(A) Since he joined/ (B) this post, he did not take/ (C) any bribe./ (D) No error

Ans- (b) Use ‘he has not taken' in place of ‘he did not take' Since S + V2 S+has +V

8)(A) The audience/ (B) watched the clowns/ (C) performed their act ./ (D) No error.

Ans- (c) ‘V1 + ing’or ‘V1’ comes after ‘watch’. Hence use ‘performing / perform’.

9)(A) The songs of / (B) the old movies are/ (C) worthlistening to./ (D) No error.

Ans- (c) ‘listen’ is followed by ‘to’ but ‘worthlistening’ is not followed by any preposition

10)(A) A hot and/ (B) a cold spring/ (C) was found near each other./ (D) No error 

Ans- (c) Use ‘were' in place of ‘was'. If two subjects are joined by 'and' and if article is used before both the subjects, plural verb will be used.